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Celebrating the 2025 GHXcellence Award Winners

On May 13, 2026, the Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) held its annual summit in the vibrant city of New Orleans, where they proudly unveiled the winners of the prestigious 2025 GHXcellence Awards. These awards recognize the exemplary organizations and individuals making significant strides in enhancing the business of healthcare. Targeting the challenges of today's healthcare landscape, the winners embody the essence of effective leadership and innovative practices.

Commitment to Healthcare Resilience

The awards serve as a testament to those who are not just participants in the healthcare system, but true leaders who are reshaping its future. Tina Vatanka Murphy, President and CEO of GHX, expressed her admiration for this year’s awardees, stating, “Our 2025 GHXcellence Award winners represent what it means to lead with both conviction and courage at a time when healthcare is being fundamentally reshaped.” She emphasized that these awardees are instrumental in creating more resilient and patient-centered supply chains.

Organizational Award Winners

The awards covered various categories, recognizing organizations that excelled in different aspects of healthcare management.

• - Collaboration & Partnership: Corewell Health
• - Elevating the Clinically Integrated Supply Chain: Beth Israel Lahey Health
• - Operational Excellence in Healthcare Supply Chain: UPMC
• - Supplier of the Year: Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company
• - Innovation in Healthcare Supply Chain: Cleveland Clinic
• - Sustainability in the Healthcare Supply Chain: Stanford Medicine

These acknowledgments highlight the critical role these organizations play in enriching the healthcare sector through collaboration, operational efficiency, innovation, and sustainability. Each award category has been carefully curated to honor those pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the healthcare supply chain.

Individual Award Winners

In addition to organizational accomplishments, the GHXcellence Awards also recognize outstanding leadership among individuals within the supply chain community. Notable individuals awarded include:

• - Supply Chain Leadership – Provider: Jason Moulding, Chief Supply Chain Officer at MultiCare Health System
• - Supply Chain Leadership – Supplier: Carlene Meyer, Senior Operations Manager at KARL STORZ

These leaders exemplify the dedication and prowess required to navigate the complex healthcare landscape effectively. Their leadership fosters a culture of innovation and adaptability that is essential as the healthcare industry continues to evolve.

Merit-Based Awards Recognize Top Providers and Suppliers

Alongside individual and organizational acknowledgments, merit-based awards highlighted the finest providers and suppliers based on the 2025 GHX performance metrics. The winners were categorized into:

• - Providers of the Year:

- Large: Loma Linda University Health
- Medium: San Antonio Regional Hospital
- Small: Contra Costa Health Services
- Canadian: Health PEI

• - Suppliers of the Year:

- Large: Johnson & Johnson
- Medium: Olympus Corporation Americas
- Canadian: Medline Canada Corporation

By recognizing these exemplary organizations, GHX is underscoring the importance of evaluating not just performance metrics but also collaboration in enhancing healthcare supply chains.

GHX: Revolutionizing Healthcare Supply Chains

GHX has long been at the forefront of driving innovations across the healthcare industry. Leveraging AI-driven automation, cloud-based solutions, and intelligent decision support, GHX enables organizations to enhance operational agility while reducing waste in healthcare delivery.

For over 25 years, GHX has fostered collaborative partnerships throughout the healthcare ecosystem, involving everyone from providers to suppliers and governmental bodies. Their commitment to a more interconnected and efficient supply chain speaks to their mission of removing redundancies and waste, ultimately strengthening the entire healthcare infrastructure.

To learn more about the impactful work GHX is doing and explore insights into their innovative platform, visit www.ghx.com.

As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, the 2025 GHXcellence Award winners are leading the charge toward a more effective and patient-centric future in healthcare. Their exemplary work serves as an inspiration to others in the industry, reflecting what is truly possible in the quest for healthcare excellence.